girls' education

Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

Some 1.5 million girls in Yemen are not in school, which blights their future learning and employment opportunities and exposes them to higher risks of child marriage. ©YWU

21 April 2025

Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school

Village headman Patete is committed to ending child marriage in his community and was inspired by training he attended under the European Union-funded Spotlight Initiative. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

31 October 2022

Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school

Mariama was raped at a neighbour’s home when she was just 13 years old and forced into early motherhood. The Comoros already has high rates of gender-based violence, but many more women and girls don’t report being assaulted or abused for fear of social stigma, discrimination and even financial destitution. © UNFPA Comoros/Melvis Kimbi

26 September 2022

One year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Mursal is still in disbelief that she can’t go back to school.

“It’s not right that they’re ordering us to hide our faces and stop going to school. I hope that young girls will not give up,” she says.

See how Mursal is giving back to her community with UNFPA’s help.

Girls in Sudan are coding their way to a brighter future

Girls and young women are learning to code in North Darfur as a way to increase future job prospects and economic empowerment. © UNFPA Sudan

09 February 2022

Despite steep funding cuts, heroic teacher determined to keep girls in school and out of child marriage in Yemen

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